Olubadan of Ibadan: Nigerian philosopher and monarch dies aged 81
Nigerians in the south of the country are mourning a traditional Yoruba monarch who has died after just two years…
Nigerians in the south of the country are mourning a traditional Yoruba monarch who has died after just two years…
Major internet disruption has been reported in various countries across Africa. Widespread outages were reported on Thursday in countries including…
Despite being a disgraced former president who was sent to jail, Jacob Zuma is turning out to be the political…
Authorities in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, say the city is experiencing an outbreak of conjunctivitis, a highly contagious eye infection. The…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has lifted all economic sanctions imposed on neighbouring Niger, eight months after a military coup there.…
South Africa has terminated a deal to sell a stake in its national airline after failing to agree on a…
Several countries have agreed to cancel more than $2bn (£1.5bn) of debt owed to them by Somalia. The Paris Club…
he 13th African Games are in full swing in Ghana, but the high cost of hosting the event amid a…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has said that a planned deployment of police officers to Haiti will go ahead as soon…
Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested the suspected leader of a religious cult in a village in northern Mashonaland…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students…
Outside court in the capital, Kigali, the 55-year-old politician said: “I don’t agree with what the judge said, and unfortunately…
Soldiers from Sudan’s army have recaptured the headquarters of the state broadcaster in Omdurman, the city just across the Nile…
A top civil servant in Kenya’s ministry of foreign affairs has told the BBC that the planned deployment of police…
South Africa’s electoral body has fired an official it accuses of leaking the electoral candidate lists of two major political…
Ten senior officials have been dismissed by Liberia’s National Port Authority (NPA) after being accused of corruption. Sekou Hussein Dukuly,…
A cargo ship in the Indian Ocean has been boarded by suspected Somali pirates about 600 nautical miles (1,000km) off…
Cameroonian club Victoria United has defended Wilfried Nathan Doualla after the midfielder was accused of age cheating. The 17-year-old was…
Four people have died and one person has been injured as Storm Filipo hit southern Mozambique’s Inhambane province, according to…
ailed asylum seekers are to be offered up to £3,000 to move to Rwanda under a new voluntary scheme. The…